This reminds me of my Western European politics class in college where our professor was arguing "France isn't racist, they just hate immigrants!"
He then admitted that the French image of an immigrant is somebody who isn't a white christian. So if you were white and could speak French well nobody would think of you as an immigrant, whereas if you were dark skinned but your family had been there for a century, you should be kicked out.
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Chex Warrior (Chex Quest) for CB2012